15 January 2015
The EAT has heard the first Twitter case recently and has held that a dismissal for offensive but non work related comments on a personal Twitter account is potentially fair.
This is a very topical issue due to the controversy surrounding the football clubs who have attempted to sign Ched Evans, a former Sheffield United player who was convicted of rape.
13 January 2015
Are companies all paying their staff the National Minimum Wage? No, not according to the TUC. They have published a report calling for the government to improve the National Minimum…
8 January 2015
Last year a survey (CBI/Accenture Employment Trends Survey 2014) was completed by 323 senior executives from businesses employing more than 1.5 million people collectively. The results have now been…
19 December 2014
The government has produced new legislation to cap backdated holiday pay claims to two years. The legislation can be found by clicking here, but essentially the message is a…
27 November 2014
Acas Pre Claim Conciliation became mandatory in May 2014. From 6th April 2014 it was a voluntary process. Acas have published their statistics which show that between 6th…
In a recent case, the EAT has agreed with the Employment Tribunal that it was not possible for an employer to make any reasonable adjustments in the case…
24 November 2014
A recent survey by the law firm, Linklaters, indicates that take up for the new Shared Parental Leave (SPL) scheme, which comes into force on 1 December 2014, may…
20 November 2014
Adrian Barnes was invited to speak at the PAAA (Association of suppliers of specialist parts of the automotive industry) yesterday. At the event in Oxford Adrian updated attendees…
18 November 2014
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently ruled that employers must include an amount for non-guaranteed overtime when calculating holiday pay entitlement. This ruling applies to those who can be…
17 November 2014
Zero hours contracts are making headlines once again after the Labour Leader, Ed Milliband, attacked the sports retailer, Sports Direct, in a speech in the West Midlands over the…
5 November 2014
Business Secretary Vince Cable announced that he is setting up a task force to assess the possible impact of the ruling on holiday pay from the Employment Appeal…
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